Genealogy, inspired!
Hello and Welcome to Y Day! Welp, we’ve made it almost to the end of the challenge and so, to celebrate, I’d like to share a few class/yearbook photos for three of my direct lineage kin: My mom, my bio-father, and my maternal grandma. Class photos are such amazing time capsules and though I haven’t…
Hello and Welcome to U Day! Name: Una June Taylor Vital Information: Born in June of 1890 in Illinois. Died 8 May 1967 in California. Relation to Me: Una is my maternal great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Una June is my Grandpa Phil’s mom and the daughter of Nancy Jane. Una married William Featheringill at the young…
Hello and Welcome to L Day! Name: Letitia Forsyth Vital Information: Letitia was born in 1786 in Bunker Hill, West Virginia and died in 1865 in Indiana. Relation to Me: Letitia is my Maternal 4x great grandma Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Letitia was the third child and first daughter born to David Forsyth and Margaret McGibbon. She and…
Hello and Welcome to K Day! Name: Kerry C. Featheringill Vital Information: Kerry was born on 2 October 1952 in Chicago, Illinois and died on 7 February 2006 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Relation to Me: My mother. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: I’ve thought a lot about what I’d like to include here in this little section about…
Hello and Welcome to F Day! Today we are going to do something a little different because, believe it or not, outside of the Francois Benoni duo, I have no proven direct lineage F first names. So, instead I thought I’d dive into my mom’s maiden name: Featheringill! Featheringill An unusual surname in our area,…